Too often parents think that good snacks have to come in the form of already-portioned health foods, but that's simply not true. Check out these recipes. (iStock)

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Times are tough and if you’re part of the huge group of parents living on a shoe-string budget, then juggling the ever-rising cost of living, while still feeding your family healthy, nutritious food, may seem impossible to do. But some valuable advice from clinical dietitian Katherine Megaw, can help.

Katherine Megaw, founder of the Nutripaeds clinical dietetic practice, has over 18 years of specialist experience in Paediatric and Special Needs Dietetics and believes it is still possible to feed our families healthily, even on a tight budget.

Megaw suggests that parents plan meals and use the following key principles when it comes to preparing affordable, healthy meals: